SOC 300 Week 11 Final 1
Question 1
0 out of 5 points
People without a primary education are more likely to be all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
forced to teach themselves new and innovative ways of doing all their neigh

Question 1
5 out of 5 points
As of 2001, what region of the world contained the highest number of the worlds
extremely and moderately poor citizens?
Answer
Selected
Answer:
South Asia
Correct Answer:
South Asia
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
According to t

1- Women are overrepresented in the political arena in most part of the world.
False
2-One of the objectives of Ch.5 of text written by Handelman is To understand many
opportunities existing for women to have more educational higher rate of literacy than

Martin Staniland suggests "how politics determines aspects of the economy, and how
economic institutions determine the political process, as well as the dynamic interaction
between the two forces" defines:
Answer
Selected Answer:
political economy
Correc

SOC 300 Week 8 Webtext: Understanding Development; Section 8: Institutions
Which of the following is true about Zimbabwe?
o
o
(under "People and Society") The vast majority of its population is illiterate.
o
(under "Introduction") It was first recognized

Question 1
5 out of 5 points
A _ is a political system dominated by religious leaders and
institutions.
Answer
Selected Answer:
Theocratic state
Correct Answer:
Theocratic state
Response Feedback: Page 60
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
An example (s) that d

SOC 300 Week 11 Final 2
Question 1
0 out of 5 points
All of the following is true about India EXCEPT:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
(under People and Society) The majority of its population is
Muslim.
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Cash transfer

SOC 300 Week7 Webtext: Understanding Development; Section 7: International Finance
According to Joseph Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank, what is the choice poor
countries currently face?
o
o
whether they should pay off their debts or

SOC 300 Week 3 Webtext Understanding Development Section 3 War and Peace
How long has war in Somalia been going on for?
o
o
six months
o
since September 11, 2001
o
nearly 20 years, with occasional periods of peace
o
since the country's last famine started

Command Economy
1
Generally, socialism refers to an economic system or political organization in which the means of
production and distribution are owned or controlled collectively, often by a centralized government.
Centralized government management of t

Running head: THE SEVERITY OF POVERTY IN CHINA
The Severity of Poverty in China
Liang Wang
Professor Marcella Wilhoite / SOC300 (Strayer University)
May 1, 2013
Abstract
China is the world's largest developing country, but also has a terrible problem of
p

SOC 300 Week 7 Discussion 1
The IMF and World Bank are the worlds two leading lending institutions, but much of their
monetary assistance disappears once it enters the banking systems of developing countries.
Cite concrete evidence that supports the asser

SOC 300 Week 8 Discussion 1
Every country in the world is constructed around the same set of institutional
frameworks that differ only in how governments manage them. Identify the specific
components of an institution. Next, use two examples of institutio

SOC 300 Week 9 Discussion
"Rocky Road" Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
o
Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing countries deal
with child labor, human slavery, sweatsh

SOC 300 Week 10 Discussion 1
India is a developing nation. It comes under the third world countries. The leadership of
the country is currently in the hands of the people who are not managing it well. Though the
same people have ruled the country in the p

SOC 300 Week 10 Webtext: Understanding Development Section 10: Next Steps
Which of the following is one of the Millennium Development Goals?
o
o
penalizing developed countries for consuming so many resources
o
advocating for prison reform
o
advancing scie

SOC 300 - Soc Of Develop Countries
Week 5 Midterm Exam Part 1
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which of these numbers is the best approximation of how many people live on $1.25 a
day or less?
Answer
Selected
Answer:
1.35 billion
Correct Answer:
1.35 billion

Running head: FOREIGN AID
1
Foreign Aid
Students Name
University Affiliation
FOREIGN AID
2
Foreign Aid
Behind other developing countries in South America and Asia, and unquestionably
centuries in the wake of the Western civilizations that are Europe and A

"Institutions" Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
o
Every country in the world is constructed around the same set of institutional
frameworks that differ only in how governments manage them.

SOC 300 Week6 Webtext Understanding Development Section 6 Health
According to the text, how did Englands urban growth accelerate the spread of the most lethal strains of
cholera?
o
o
Increased human density meant an increase in the likelihood that some ci

SOC 300
Sociology
of Developing Countries
Week 1
Understanding Underdevelopment
Objectives
Upon completion of Part I you will be able to:
To understand what is meant by terms like underdeveloped
or LDC (less developed country) or Third World
To understand

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SOC300. Democratic Change and the Change to Democracy Week 2
Topic
Narration
Introduction
Welcome to our second session together in Sociology
three hundred. Session two will cover the topic of
Democratic Change and the Change to Democracy.
In se

SOC 300
Sociology
of Developing Countries
Week 2
Democratic Change and the Change to
Democracy
Objectives
Upon completion of Week 2 you will be able to:
To learn the various ways of defining and understanding
democracy.
To identify characteristics that ma

Courtney Friedman
11/25/14
SOC 300
Dr. Toi Dennis
Assignment 2: Lending Institutions, Health Care, and Human Capital
1|Page
In todays general business scenario is thought to be more perplexing and aggressive due
to quick fluctuations in the economy. This

SOC-300-Midterm part-2 Strayer
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following regions has the greatest numbers of citizens within the global
middle class?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
East Asia and South Asia
Question 2
5 out of 5 points

SOC-300-Midterm-Strayer
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which of the following regions has the greatest numbers of citizens within the global
middle class?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
East Asia and South Asia
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Which

This exam consists of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in Sections 1
through 4 of the lectures. There are five questions from each section.
Question 1
5 out of 5 points
Which of these numbers is the best approximation of how many peopl

SOC 300 (Strayer) Week 4 Assignment 1: The Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid
Use the Internet to research one (1) developing nation of your choice. Your research should
include an examination of the effects that war and peace have on the distributio

SOC 300 Week 11 Final 2
Question 1
0 out of 5 points
All of the following is true about India EXCEPT:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
(under People and Society) The majority of its population is
Muslim.
Question 2
5 out of 5 points
Cash transfer

SOC 300 Week 11 Final 1
Question 1
0 out of 5 points
People without a primary education are more likely to be all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
forced to teach themselves new and innovative ways of doing all their neigh

1
War and Peace on Foreign Aid
Effects of War and Peace on Foreign Aid
Percy A. Grisby II
Sociology of Developing Countries
October 28, 2014
Professor April Plemons
2
The increase in the amount of wars and conflicts around the world has led to a sharp ris

Economic, social, or political reasons why some people within the developing world live on
$1 a day
1. Low level of Education: This factor pertains to the very low level of literacy which
results in lack of exposure to the importance of development and la

SOC 300 Quiz Week 7
Question 1
4 out of 4 points
A technological advance in the production of computers will have what effect on the
equilibrium price and quantity in the computer market?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Price will decrease, quantity will increas

SOC 300
Sociology
of Developing Countries
Week 4
The Politics of Cultural Pluralism and
Ethnic Conflict
Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson you will be able to:
Recognize the growing problems of ethnic tensions and violence in the
developing world.

SOC 300 The Politics of Cultural Pluralism and Ethnic Conflict Week 4
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Topic
Narration
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1
Introduction
Welcome to our fourth week together in Sociology three
hundred. In this weeks lesson, we are going to discuss the
Politics of Cultural Pluralism a

SOC 300
Sociology
of Developing Countries
Week 3
Religion and Politics
Objectives
Upon completion of week 3 you will be able to:
Understand the debate as to how religion can fit in
modernization theory or dependency theory
Develop an understanding of th

Slide
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1
Intro
Topic
SOC300 Religion and Politics Week 3
Narration
Welcome to our third week together in Sociology three
hundred. In this weeks lesson, we are going to be
discussing the role of religion in the political arena of
Third World countries.
In

Health Care System 1
Running Head: HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Health Care System
Health Care System 2
Research Background of the Paper
Todays overall business scenario is considered more challenging and competitive due to
rapid changes in the economy. This resear

SOC 300 Wee 6 Discussion
Describe your understanding of the north / south divide as it relates to the health of
populations in developing counties. Determine specific steps aside from building more
clinics that the leadership in developing countries can t

Slide
#
1
Intro
SOC300 Understanding Underdevelopment. Week 1 Part 1
Topic
Narration
Welcome to our first session together in Sociology three
hundred. Part one will cover the topic of Understanding
Underdevelopment.
In this first lesson you will be introd

By Keira Palmer
Le Journal was shut down
in 2010
Although Moroccans protest, they
Womens rights
An estimated 15% of the
population was living
below the poverty line in
2007.
Royal Armed Forces:
* Royal Moroccan Army includes air
defense
* Royal Moroccan N

Christina Proctor
Militaryindustrial complex, or military, industrial, and congressional complex, is a
concept commonly used to refer to policy and monetary relationships between legislators,
national armed forces, and the military industrial base that su

Question 1
1 out of 1 points
All of these factors contributed to the changing role of women in the Third
World except:
Answer
Selected Answer:
Traditional role of women as homemakers
Correct Answer:
Traditional role of women as homemakers
Response Feedbac

Slide Topic # 1 Introduction
SOC 300 Soldiers and Politics Week 9 Narration Welcome to week nine of Sociology three hundred. This week we are going to discuss Soldiers and Politics. In much of the Third World there has been military involvement in politic

Notes from 1:
Changes in the environment will influence health in the future. Three trends, the intensification of agriculture, industrialization, and rising energy use stand out in terms of their profound impact on the physical environment and their enor

SOC300 The Political Economy of Third world Development Week 10
3 Overview Using Staniland's definition of the study of political development, we can see that there is a dynamic relationship between a country's political system and its economic institutio

Chapter 3: religion and politics
In the 1960s, one of America's Protestant theologians, Harvey Cox, did not predict the demise of religion, but that its form would change. This included its historical roles in politics and other forms of public life. Soci

Chapter 5: Women and Development There is an ancient Chinese saying, "Women hold up half the sky." But in spite of this thinking, for many years scholars, Third World governments and Western development agencies appear to not understand women's role in th

Chapter 6: Agrarian reform and the politics of rural change
Despite much of the urbanization we've been talking about this semester, most of the developing world's population is rural. The people of Africa and Asia are mostly peasants, poor farmers living

Chapter 7: rapid urbanization and the politics of the urban poor
The migration of the rural poor to urban areas in the developing countries has resulted in an influx of millions of people. In China alone, 300 million rural villagers are expected migrate t

Chapter 8: revolutionary change
The beginning years of the 20th century saw the Mexican and Russian revolutions. The closing decades, saw the collapse of the Soviet communism, the transformation of the Chinese and Mexican revolutions and the weakening of

Chapter 9: soldiers in politics
Military governments were very common for many years in the developing world, especially in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. Military rule has become increasingly rare as democracy has spread through the third wor

Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Of the countries listed below, formerly controled by military dictators, which
were affected by the "Arab Spring"?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Both 1 and 2
Correct Answer:
Both 1 and 2
Response Feedback: Page 244 and critical thi

SOC 300 Week 1 Webtext Understanding Development Section 1 The Other Half
According to World Bank classifications, which of the following is a developing country?
o
o
Trinidad and Tobago
o
Poland
o
Africa
o
Morocco
Correct. According to the World Bank, th

SOC Week 2 Discussion Question 1
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
o
Identify the most significant problems with the way foreign aid is presently
dispensed by international lending institutions. Then, discuss at least thre

SOC300 Week 2 Webtext Section 2: The Trouble With Aid Writing Tips
In thinking about the developing country you are investigating for your paper assignment,
what criteria (or measures) would you look at to determine the well-being of the country?
Located

SOC300 Week 3 Discussion 1
Armed conflict refers to the competition incompatibility sandwiched between two
governments and/or province, the two parties use the equipped force and result in at least 25
battle associated death. The armed conflicts have the

SOC300 Week 4 Discussion
Growing Cities" Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
o
Examine the main reasons why people are attracted to urban areas in the
developing world, and select the key iss

SOC300 Week 5 Discussion 1
Education plays a major role in the rights of humans that tends to be an important factor
for the expansion of brood, group of people and kingdom. With some basic reasons the poverty
chains can be broken as teaching is essential

SOC 300 Week 4 Webtext Understanding Development Section 4 Growing Cities
How many people are "employed" by the Lagos dump?
o
o
500 people
o
5,000 people
o
100,000 people
o
10,000 people
Correct. According to the film, the Lagos dump provides a living for

IMF and World Bank:
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are institution in the United Nations
system. They contribute to the same goal of elevating living principles in their constituent
countries. They come close to to this ambition

SOC 300Sociology of Developing Countries
Week 5 Midterm 1
Question 1
0 out of 5 points
Which of the following regions has the greatest numbers of citizens within the global
middle class?
Answer
Selected Answer:
Correct Answer:
East Asia and South Asia
Q

Every country in the world is constructed around the same set of
institutional frameworks that differ only in how governments manage them.
Identify the specific components of an institution. Next, use two examples
of institutionssuch as a financial syste

SOC 300 Week 5 Webtext Understanding Development Section 5 Education
What did Hilde say sending her contribution felt like?
o
the only way she could help
o
a drop in the ocean
o
a lifeline to another human
o
o
a personal sacrifice, sure to do some good
Co

SOC 300 Week7 Webtext: Understanding Development; Section 7: International Finance
According to Joseph Stiglitz, the former chief economist of the World Bank, what is the choice poor
countries currently face?
o
whether they should pay off their debts or f

SOC 300 Week6 Webtext Understanding Development Section 6 Health
According to the text, how did Englands urban growth accelerate the spread of the most lethal strains of
cholera?
o
Increased human density meant that fewer health officials were available,

SOC 300 Week 8 Webtext: Understanding Development; Section 8: Institutions
Which of the following is true about Zimbabwe?
o
o
o
(under "Economy") There is a severe unemployment (or underemployment) crisis in the
country.
(under "People and Society") The v

SOC 300 Week 10 Webtext: Understanding Development Section 10: Next Steps
Which of the following is one of the Millennium Development Goals?
o
securing equal rights for women
o
penalizing developed countries for consuming so many resources
o
advocating fo

The IMF and World Bank are the worlds two leading lending institutions, but, as
Acemoglu and Robinson argue convincingly in Why Nations Fail, much of their monetary
assistance disappears once it enters the banking systems of developing countries. This sta

Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
According to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), over one
billion people in the world today are caught in the poverty trap. Identify key economic,
social, or political re

SOC 300 Week 5 Webtext Understanding Development Section 5 Education
What did Hilde say sending her contribution felt like?
o
o
a drop in the ocean
o
a lifeline to another human
o
a personal sacrifice, sure to do some good
o
the only way she could help
Co